Unable to connect to CDDB server

Just purchased an 80 GB ipod, upgrading from a straight mp3 player. Just as I started to load my CD collection, the GraceNote CDDB server won't connect.

I've checked all firewall settings, tried the gracenote patch mentioned in this forum, nothing fixes the problem, but ALL other internet related functionality is fine.

I do NOT believe the problem lies with iTunes, my other system, Creative Labs, cannot connect to the Gracenote CDDB server either( it has never failed in the past few years). Looks like Gracenote is the culprit.

All worked until April 24th.

KimmieB,

No. Everything I had done since last night was to no avail.

It just started working again by itself. Sorry, I wish there was something I had done that could help you.
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Unable to connect to CDDB server since today.

I'm running XP Home. I am able to connect to CDDB via a MacBook running 10.5.2 I have installed the Gracenote 'patch' and disabled my Trend Micro anti-virus software. All to no avail.

Hi everybody,
I have exatly the same problem
With Mac it works, with Vista it stopped working yesterday
Anybody has the solution?

same problem at 3:00 pm MDT. one cd was recognized, 11 were not. a different PC works every time. Microsoft pushed an update a few days ago - could that be it?

#2 - sorry. The CDDB patch failed, and reloading itunes failed.

I'm having the same problem as other people in this post--have been happily uploading CDs to my iPod Classic for the past 7 weeks, but today, couldn't get iTunes (or to be more accurate, Gracenote) to identify the CDs I wanted to add. I downloaded the patch that was recommended and nothing changed. It's got to be some sort of failure by Gracenote, with so many people having the same problem--hope it gets resolved ASAP!

Same problem at 3:30 pm mdt. CDDB patch failed, reloading itunes failed. A second PC works fine with the same CDs. The first PC had some MS updates pushed on it a couple days ago, not sure if #2 was online and updated then.

I've tried everything mentioned. Nothing is working here. I've got a stack of discs I need to load on my pod by Monday. Not cool....

I have to chime in too....all of a sudden this morning, no track or album information is available from CDDB. Says I have no internet connection, but the troubleshooter says I do, and I can also access the iTunes store. Did the Gracenotes patch. Rebooted. Could their system be down? Any other ideas. If I reinstall iTunes, will I lose all my stuff? (probably a stupid quesiton, but I am a newbie)

Hi all,
I posted a few hours ago about having the same problem as the rest of you regarding Gracenote. Lo and behold, a few minutes ago, I tried again and the CD I had loaded was properly identified and indexed. So I would say, don't bother downloading anything--apparently someone at Gracenote is trying to work out the problem!

I haven't been able to retrieve any CDDB information the fast few dates.

I get the following error message;

Unable to connect to the CDDB server. The network connection could not be made.
Make sure your Internet connection is active and your network settings are correct, then try again.

Anyone still having problems??

Yes

same problem - since this Saturday morning

WinXP Home

Well folks it's been 19+ hours that I cannot connect to the CDDB server and I'm about at the point of getting rid of my ipod and itunes and anything having to do with apple. I bought my 1st ipod in september of 2007 and had all my 600+ cds copied to it -all was well in the world until the computor i had my music on crashed and then the ipod craped out. All apple could do is replace the P.O.S. ipod (at the cost of $35 shipping) then left the task of redownloading all 600+ cds on my laptop. So here i am about 3/4 the way done downloading and i can't get the rest of my cds downlowed b/c of this CDDB server problem now. I say I've got about 1K invested in the whole apple/ipod/itunes deal, and i've had it. I've talked to a lot people and none i mean NONE have ever had anything good to say about any apple product ie: ipod/iphone/itunes.... it's all junk. I'ts a good concept but they just don't have the technoligy to stand behind there products. This new/replacement 80gig ipod is about to go in the trash. OH yea FYI if you buy a new ipod buy it from sam's club (whitch i didn't) they will take it back no questions asked for a year.

My brother convinced me that an iPod would be better than satellite radio for my new car, so he took me tonight to get an 80 gig classic. Haven't even hooked the ipod up yet, so that's not the problem. He uses XP and says he has never had a problem, but he's spent the whole night manually inputting my album info for me. Funny that it will download the album art after he does that. Tried both cd drives on the computer and all the online fixes we could find but no luck. Bet he wishes he'd kept his mouth shut and let me get the satellite radio, but all I heard was how great the ipod was.